Biology:Leopoldinia piassaba

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Short description: Species of palm tree

Leopoldinia piassaba
(Leopoldimia piassaba), da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica.jpg
Illustration by Joaquim José Codina
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Leopoldinia
Species:
L. piassaba
Binomial name
Leopoldinia piassaba

Leopoldinia piassaba, the Para piassava, piassava fiber palm or piassava palm, is a palm native to black water rivers in Amazonian Brazil and Venezuela, from which is extracted piassava, a high caliber and water resistant fiber. Piassaba fiber is made into brooms, baskets and other products. This plant is also a natural habitat of the Rhodnius brethesi which is a potential vector of Chagas disease and it is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6527130 entry